Greg: In the dialogue, Jacques and Marcel are meeting in a coffee shop, but did you know that one of the first coffee houses, or cafés, in Paris was opened in 1686 by an Italian man?

Mailys: That’s right!

Greg: He’s also referred to as the Father of Italian Gelato since he refined and helped popularize this dessert.

Mailys: The café he opened is called Le Café Procope and it’s still open today.

Greg: It’s the oldest restaurant in Paris that is still in operation, and probably the oldest café in the world.

Mailys: You can visit it today on rue de l'Ancienne Comédie, in the 6th Arrondissement. Among the many famous people who have visited the café, we have La Fontaine, Voltaire, Benjamin Franklin, Napoleon Bonaparte, Balzac, Victor Hugo and Verlaine.

Greg: Listeners, make sure you visit when you go to Paris! Now, let’s move to the vocab.

VOCAB LIST

Greg: Let's take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson.

The first word we shall see is:

Mailys: gentil [natural native speed]

Greg: nice

Mailys: gentil [slowly - broken down by syllable]

Mailys: gentil [natural native speed]

Next:

Mailys: plutôt [natural native speed]

Greg: rather

Mailys: plutôt [slowly - broken down by syllable]

Mailys: plutôt [natural native speed]

Next:

Mailys: intéressant [natural native speed]

Greg: interesting

Mailys: intéressant [slowly - broken down by syllable]

Mailys: intéressant [natural native speed]

Next:

Mailys: sérieux [natural native speed]

Greg: serious

Mailys: sérieux [slowly - broken down by syllable]

Mailys: sérieux [natural native speed]

Next:

Mailys: entre [natural native speed]

Greg: between

Mailys: entre [slowly - broken down by syllable]

Mailys: entre [natural native speed]

Next:

Mailys: savoir [natural native speed]

Greg: to know

Mailys: savoir [slowly - broken down by syllable]

Mailys: savoir [natural native speed]

Next:

Mailys: espérer [natural native speed]

Greg: to hope

Mailys: espérer [slowly - broken down by syllable]

Mailys: espérer [natural native speed]

Next:

Mailys: dimanche [natural native speed]

Greg: Sunday

Mailys: dimanche [slowly - broken down by syllable]

Mailys: dimanche [natural native speed]

Next:

Mailys: pique-nique [natural native speed]

Greg: picnic

Mailys: pique-nique [slowly - broken down by syllable]

Mailys: pique-nique [natural native speed]

Next:

Mailys: voir / revoir [natural native speed]

Greg: to see / to see again

Mailys: voir / revoir [slowly - broken down by syllable]

Mailys: voir / revoir [natural native speed]

KEY VOCABULARY AND PHRASES

Greg: Let’s take a closer look at the usage of some of the words and phrases from this lesson. Let’s start with the verb ‘savoir’, “to know”. Here is the conjugation...

Mailys: je sais

Greg: tu sais

Mailys: il sait

Greg: nous savons

Mailys: vous savez

Greg: ils savent

Greg: So you can use ‘savoir’ to say “I know”

Mailys: je sais

Greg: or “I don’t know”

Mailys: je ne sais pas

Greg: We also use ‘savoir’ with a complete clause introduced by ‘que’, “that”.

Mailys: Je sais qu'elle est ici

Greg: I know that she is here.

Mailys: Je sais que tu parles chinois.

Greg: I know that you speak Chinese.

Greg: Let’s now look at the verb ‘voir’ meaning “to see” and ‘revoir’, “to see again”. Here is the conjugation for ‘voir’. To conjugate ‘revoir’, simply add ‘re-’ to ‘voir’.

Greg: Let’s now look at days of the week. In this lesson’s dialogue, we introduced the word ‘dimanche,’ meaning “Sunday”. Notice how it starts with ‘di-’. You’ll see that all other days end in ‘-di’.

Mailys: Dimanche

Greg: Sunday

Mailys: Lundi

Greg: Monday

Mailys: Mardi

Greg: Tuesday

Mailys: Mercredi

Greg: Wednesday

Mailys: Jeudi

Greg: Thursday

Mailys: Vendredi

Greg: Friday

Mailys: Samedi

Greg: Saturday

Greg: All days of the week are masculine, and in French, the week always starts on Sunday. And don’t forget -- in French, the words for the days of the week or for the months don’t use a capital letter!

Mailys: Now let’s go to the grammar.

Lesson focus

Greg: In this lesson, you’ll learn how to make yes or no questions using ‘est-ce que.’

Mailys: We learned before that you can ask simple yes or no questions in French by raising the intonation at the end.

Greg: However, the proper way to ask a yes or no question is to put ‘est-ce que’ before the subject-verb structure. If the subject starts with a vowel, ‘que’ will become qu’ … which is q-u plus an apostrophe.

Mailys: The answer to this kind of question will have to be yes or no. Here are some examples

Why are waiters referred to as le garcon? Is there another word for the waiter? What if the waiter is a woman?

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